Example sentences of "[be] what " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ His books are the product of a fictional imagination , they 're what I call ‘ involuntary fiction ’ . |
| 2 | ‘ They 're what , dear ? ’ |
| 3 | ‘ They 're what the rates get spent on , instead of education and drains . |
| 4 | Looks , money , a penchant for power and a great wardrobe — they 're what it takes to make it to the top . |
| 5 | Norman Jay is looking to discover ‘ the fine line between putting out records I like and hoping they 're what the public want . ’ |
| 6 | You 're what ? |
| 7 | Frithrah , you 're what I call a Chief Rabbit ! " |
| 8 | Yeah but the Open University ones cover all of the material and they 're what I actually wrote the lectures from erm but there 's six of them which is why the o the only advantage of the other one is that it 's one not six and so but I mean the material is all covered text of which there are three copies of most of them in the library one on short loan and one on sort of a general loan so you |
| 9 | Not , so not till you 're what ? |
| 10 | If anyone was to take on the role of the state police it would be the Metropolitan Police Force who have got experts and if say something happened in Manchester like an I R A bombers left some bombs in Manchester , experts from the Metropolitan Police would go to Manchester to help out , they 're what 's known as the Anti-Terrorist Squad |
| 11 | but I mean you know they 're what what well there there is a sort file out there on them somewhere . |
| 12 | And they 're what we call bulk finds . |
| 13 | " You 're what they call a litter bug . " |
| 14 | Hi I 'll just just show you what er well Kerry 'll 'll show you she knows what er what we 're what you 're going to do over the next day or so do n't you . |
| 15 | You see what you 're what you 're up against . |
| 16 | If they 're what I think they are , we can polish off the Dispersionists for good . ’ |
| 17 | That they 're what this is all about . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ They 're what you get in the sky when the sun shines and it 's been raining … |
| 19 | ‘ You 're what ? |
| 20 | Now they 're what we have today , the motorways you know . |
| 21 | " You 're WHAT ? " |
| 22 | Er you 're what , ? |
| 23 | ‘ We 're what we are and they are what they are . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ You 're what ? ’ |
| 25 | You 're what 's wrong ! ’ |
| 26 | ‘ You 're what ? ’ |
| 27 | They 're What do you think they 're doing all this firing on us right now . |
| 28 | They 're what you might call a very catholic collection : flagellation , paedophilia , coprophilia ( sorry , I forget you 're not an aficionado — the sexual dimension of shit — J. Joyce had leanings that way ) , along with the usual nuns-and-donkeys sort of stuff . |
| 29 | They 're what ? |
| 30 | I 'm going to a disco , Daddy , ’ he stepped slightly back and his whole face seemed to crumble into disbelief as he said , ‘ You 're what ! |